Dan Dunn

Afterwards, Jeremy and I went to Mom’s house. You can see that she has a very large puddle in the front yard. Water in the front yard tends to go into the basement unless it is piped into the back yard. The problem is that the drainage pipe was still frozen solid. The front yard’s [...]

(Black text is mostly objective, red text is mostly subjective in nature.) We had a productive meeting tonight, and even finished 4 minutes early – 9:56PM. The first item was a hearing about Article 55, about creating a committee to look into trying to add Arlington as a stop on the “Liberty Bus” for tourists. [...]

The only budgets approved on Monday were the Treasurer’s – his budget, Parking, and Postage. I sit on the subcommittee that reviews these budgets. It wasn’t easy. Treasurer Stephen Gilligan’s requests exceed the 4% of five-year plan by a significant amount. Also, his proposed budget included moving the payroll department from the school budget to [...]

I was too pooped/distracted to write after either meeting this week – the notes are late, but here they go. Minuteman Voc figured prominently both nights so I’ll start there. Superintendent Bill Callahan, Assistant Superintendent Tom Markham, and Arlington’s representative to the Minuteman School Committee, Laura Morrissette were there on Monday to present and answer [...]

I can hear you mumbling: “But Dan, the budget is a whole week old. Aren’t you ready with a penetrating, insightful, line-by-line analysis?” No, I’m not. See previous post. And remember that I have a job that I like. You’re going to have to settle for highlights for now. Patrick claims that his budget is [...]

I’ve been a bit light on the posting lately. The town budget cycle keeps me busy with a few meetings every week, plus work of course. Last week was particularly busy in all respects. At least I remembered to take pictures. Here’s your chance to catch up: two tabblos and a post on the Tabblo [...]

3/8 6PM, 2nd Floor Town Hall Annex

Apr 4, 7:30 PM, 2nd floor of Public Safety Building Tentative agenda, updated 3/25: school infrastructure working group

Mar 21, 7:30 PM, 2nd floor of Public Safety Building Tentative agenda: School Infrastructure Comm Budgets Articles

Mar 19, 7:30 PM, 2nd floor of Public Safety Building Tentative agenda: Budgets Articles